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Sanguinello
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| Posted: Sat 17 Nov, 2012 5:34 pm |
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Thanx for your info.
I tried to root mandarines, but never had success.
Maybe that seal helps, but here I often see waxed twigs wich look fresh, but are absolute dry inside. |
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jm
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Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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Location: Bordeaux, south west France, zone 8b
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| Posted: Wed 21 Nov, 2012 2:33 pm |
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| Junglekeeper wrote: | | The grocery stores in my area sell mandarins with stem and leaf attached at certain times of the year, for example Chinese New Year. |
It's the case in France with clementines from Spain and Corsica.
Last year I made a graft of clemenules with a piece of stem attached to a fruit from a store. I top grafted my nippon orangequat : fruit to bad ! 
And one month ago, clementine Ruby :
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Sanguinello
Gest
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| Posted: Wed 21 Nov, 2012 4:47 pm |
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Why it is bad ? |
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jm
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Location: Bordeaux, south west France, zone 8b
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| Posted: Wed 21 Nov, 2012 5:23 pm |
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I prefer sweeter fruits |
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Laaz
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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| Posted: Wed 21 Nov, 2012 5:42 pm |
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Nippon orangequat is not a very good fruit if you ask me.
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Sanguinello
Gest
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| Posted: Wed 21 Nov, 2012 7:30 pm |
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I like Orangequat and I think they are sweet, if you eat the whole fruit, like all Kumquats.
Besides it makes a great Marmalade.
OK, you did not like the taste of the Orangequat fruits and made the grafts therefore ... |
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jm
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Location: Bordeaux, south west France, zone 8b
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| Posted: Thu 22 Nov, 2012 3:23 pm |
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I don't have a lot of space, so I prefer to focus on the best varieties or very curious varieties. |
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Sanguinello
Gest
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| Posted: Thu 22 Nov, 2012 5:40 pm |
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same here ... |
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Junglekeeper
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Location: Vancouver BC Canada
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| Posted: Thu 22 Nov, 2012 7:39 pm |
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| Sanguinello wrote: | | Were the stems waxed ? |
| Junglekeeper wrote: | | I believe a light layer of wax or some type of sealant had been sprayed onto the product, possibly to prevent moisture loss in order to keep the leaves looking fresh. However this may not be any different from what regular fruit undergo; they also have some wax applied to them. |
I noted the following on the label for a bag of Cuties fruit. This is the wax I was referring to. | Quote: | | Coated with food-grade vegetable, beeswax and/or lac-resin based wax or resin to maintain freshness. |
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Sanguinello
Gest
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| Posted: Thu 22 Nov, 2012 8:05 pm |
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Interesting.
Thanx for Info. |
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